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Mountain rescue helicopter crew features on TV tonight
The crew of Britain’s busiest search and rescue helicopter base will feature on television tonight.
Mountain rescuers fail to find Suzanne's body
The major search involving five mountain rescue teams for the body of a woman believed to have been murdered ended today without success.
Slumdog director's film of amputee climber will close festival
Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle’s film about the American climber who cut off his own arm to escape an isolated canyon in Utah will be the closing film of this year’s London Film Festival.
Success for beaver trial as babies make appearance
Baby beavers have been spotted in a remote Scottish forest where a trial breeding programme is taking place.
Rescuers treat injured walker and scrambler
Rescuers were called into action to two separate incidents within half an hour yesterday. Members of Coniston Mountain Rescue Team first went to ai...
Tea-towels get the boot as Trust shop goes outdoors
The National Trust is dipping a boot in the world of outdoors retailing with the opening of its first ‘tea-towel-free’ shop.
BMC urges climbers and walkers to push for coastal access
The British Mountaineering Council is urging climbers and walkers to write to their MPs to put pressure on the Government to honour its responsibility to forge ahead with English coastal access.
Planning boss comes out against Highland gold mine
A national park planning chief has recommended plans for reopening a Highland gold mine be turned down.
Lost walker found after night on mountains
A walker has been found safe and well after a major search in the Scottish Highlands. Police were alerted at 4.45pm yesterday when they were called...
Rescuers' second callout in five days to scrambling site
A mountain rescue team was called to a gill-scrambling site for the second time in five days after a man injured himself.
New off-road ambulance will help mountain rescuers
A mountain rescue team has taken delivery of a new all-terrain ambulance that will help reach casualties in remote locations.
Cash and gear on offer for winning adventurers
Fancy being the next Sir Chris Bonington? Berghaus, the company the Everest summiteer chairs, is offering cash and gear to adventurers who are chos...
Rescuers will join major Highlands hunt for woman's body
A major search involving four mountain rescue teams will take place this weekend to try to find the body of a woman believed to have been murdered.
'Breakaway' mountain council celebrates 40 years
In 1970, as the Scottish National Party rode a wave of popularity following Winnie Ewing’s groundbreaking Hamilton by-election win three years earlier, mountaineers north of the border struck a blow for independence too.
Alladale fence to come down as wolves plan shelved
Scotland’s mountaineering body has given a cautious welcome to the abandonment of plans to fence off a large area of the Highlands to house wolves.
Public can have its say on lake's future plans
Members of the public are being urged to have their say on the future of England’s largest lake. The Lake District National Park Authority is ask...
Sock firm puts Kalahari run on firm footing
Irish sock manufacturer Bridgedale is lending its support to an attempt to run across the Kalahari Desert for the first time.
Mountain rescuers benefit from criminals' ill-gotten gains
Two rescue teams will benefit from criminals’ activities under police scheme to ensure crime doesn’t pay.
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